| No Images? Click here   Welcome back!This week, we looked into why we go all Clark Griswold at the holidays and cover everything in Christmas lights.According to legend, the 16th century Protestant reformer Martin Luther first added candles to a Christmas tree, inspired by the beauty of twinkling stars in the sky.Given the hazard of attaching fire sticks to dried-out evergreens, it was a huge deal when in 1880, Thomas Edison strung electric Christmas lights around his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey.Two years later, Edison’s lieutenant, Edward Hibber Johnson, put electric lights on a Christmas tree in a Manhattan townhouse. Those lights were red, white and blue and as “large as an English walnut.”Our reporter, Todd van Luling, explored the history of Christmas lights as part of his 222 series. Do English better It shouldn't come as a huge surprise that Merriam-Webster's 2017 word of the year is "feminism." After all, this was the year of the Women's March, and a WHOLE lot of discussion about women and men, both in and out of the workplace. If we gain nothing else from this year, at least 2017 might be remembered as the year we all woke up.
Too funny 'Tis the season for The Elf On The Shelf, which of course means 'tis the season for spinoffs. A few of our faves: The Mensch on a Bench, The Troll on the Bowl and Snoop on the Stoop. What are some of your favorite holiday traditions, funny and not?Once and for all...
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